Two-wheeled vehicle



(No Model.)

G. GEDDES. TWO WHEBLBD VEHICLE.

No. 409,321. Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

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TWO=WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,321, dated August 20, 1889. Application filed July 3, 1888. Serial No. 278,952. (No model.)

To aZZ when?, it may concern: to get in and out, and I secure this desirable Beit known that I, GEORGE GEDDES, of Fair feature in my invention by crankingJ1 the axle Mount, in the county of Onondaga, in the inthemannerdescribed and shownin connec- State of New York, have invented new and tion with bending the shafts Z) l) with consid- :5 5 useful Improvements in Vehicles, of which erable curve at the point p, Fig. l, and conthe followil'ig, taken in connection with the nccting the shat'ts to the axle by the clips c, accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and as shown in Fig. l. exact description. In order to prevent theshafts from sway- Myinveution relatestoimprovements inthe ing ou the clip c, I provide the extended 6o io class of vehiclestermed carts, andhas forits brace 2, which projects forwardly from the object the production of a simply-constructed clip c on the axle, and has its outer end sotwo-wheeled vehicle, in which the horse mocured firmly to the shaft Z). tion is entirely obviated, while at the same The vehicle-body I3 (shown by the dotted time an easy-riding, easily-accessible vehicle lines) hung upon the combined C and side 65 15 is produced at a minimum expense of manusprings C C', the said combined spring C O facture, providing great strength and durabeing connected at 4its opposite ends with bility; and to this end my invention consists, semi-elliptic cross-springs B B, which come essentially, in the detail construction and arunder the holsters 5 6 and serve to form the rangement of the parts, all as hereinafter more spring-support for the vehicle-body, as afore- 7o 2o particularly described, and pointed outin the said. rlhe combined C and side springs C Claims- O are connected to the axle by clips c,which In specifying` myinvention reference is had are secured to clasp -plates g, affording a to the accompanying drawings, forming a part broad and secure fastening' for the spring to of this specification, in which like letters inthe axle, and the ends ot' the combined C- 75 25 dicate corresponding parts in all the views. spring and side springs C C are connected to Figure l is an isometric view of my imthe cross-springs l B by means of the comproved cart, the full lines illustrating spepound universal knuckle -joint D. (Best cifically the novel portions of my invention, shown in the enlarged detached views, Figs. while the dotted lines represent the usual 2 and 3.) 30 3o body, wheels, and top of what is commonly It will be observed upon reference to Fig. known as adoctors gig or cart. Fig. is an 2' that the end It of the spring C is provided enlarged detached detail ot the compound with a knuckle (Z, and the knuckle Z slips universal knuckle-joint securing the ends of over the portion d of the shackle D, where it the side and cross springs ot my improved is secured movably by the screw-bolt f, Fig. 85 3 5 vehicle. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached view 2, upon which it may oscillate as a pivot, and

of the joint of the shackle employed in jointhe cross-spring' B is provided with a correing or connecting the ends ot' the springs sponding knuckle e, which iits over the pivwith the compound universal knuckle-joint ot-bearing c of the shackle D, and a screwillustrated in Fig. 2; and Fig. -l illustrates the bolt g serves to secure the end of the spring 9o 4o knuckle formed on the end of the spring, the to the shackle, as shown in Fig. 2. Y

same forming a joint in connection with the It will be observed that by the construction shackle illustrated in Fig. and connection of the ends of the C and a represents the axle oi' my improved cart, cross springs a compound universal knuckleshaped, preferably, as shown in Fig. l-that is, joint is produced, pern'iittiug the springs to 95 45 with the arched or curved transverse portion move freely on the screw-bolts as pivots in andthe cranked arms a and angular bends two planes substantially at right angles to Z Z extending outwardly from the cranks, as each other, and by this peculiarity of conshown. The object of shaping the axle in struction and movement of the springs I sethis peculiar manner is for the purpose of cure the unich-desired result of overcoming Ioo 5o bringing the body of the cart as low down as the motion of the horse upon the cart-body, possible iu order to make it easily accessible which has heretofore caused serious difficulty in the construction of this class of vehicles, and numerous devices have been made and patented to accomplish this same purpose, yet none of the same have gone to the extent in this direction in securing the result that I secure by my peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts and the connection of the springs.

It will be observed that by using the C- spring at the rear I am enabled to conform the hanging of the body to the peculiarity of its construction without elevating` the cartbody so high from the ground as to make the same undesirable in consequence of the difficulty of getting in and out of the vehicle, while by extending the C-spring into a side spring at its forward end I conform the springs at the forward end of the vehicle to the peculiarity of construction of the platform of the body, and thereby secure not only ease in getting in and out of the vehicle, but at the same time a conformation of the various parts to the con tour of the body, which makes the same pleasing in design, as well as of great utility in construction.

It will also beobserved that in consequence of the sharp bend in the shafts l) Z) at p the low-down feature of the vehicle is secured in its most desirable form.

By my invention I secure the shafts directly to the axle, securely bracing the same by means of the forwardly-extending braces 2, and thereby throw the motion of the horse on the shafts and axle vinstead of connecting the shaft to the body, as in most of the carts heretofore made and patented, and whatever horse motion is transmitted through the medium of the springs tothe vehicle-body I compensate by the peculiar connection of the springs by means of the compound universal knuckle-joint, which I have previously described.

The vehicle is extremely simple in construction, very strong, and graceful in all of its proportions.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a two-wheel vehicle, the combination, with the body thereof, of the crank-arm aXle, substantially as described, the front and rear cross-springs, and the side springs clipped to the drop part of the axle and having one end C'shaped and shackled loosely to a rear cross-spring secured to the "body, and the other end slightly curved in an upward and downward direction and shackled loosely to a front cross-spring secured to said body, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a two-wheel vehicle, the combination, with the body thereof, of the crank-arm axle, as described, the side springs c', clipped to the drop part of the axle and having the rear end C-shaped and shackled loosely to a rear crossspring secured to the body, and the forward end slightly curved in an upward and downward direction and sh ackled loosely to a front cross-spring, the drop-shafts clipped to the arm of the bent axle and braced thereto at a point above that where the side springs are clipped, and the braces for securing the shafts against lateral movement, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sign ed my name, in the presence of two attestingwitnesses, at Syracuse, in thecounty of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 30th day of June, 1888.

GEORGE GEDDES,

IVitnesses:

FREDERICK II. GiBBs, E. WEISBURG. 

